fallen
verb (past participle of fall: fall, falls, fell, fallen, falling); adjective (fallen leaves, a fallen tree)
Everyday
- Fallen is the form of fall used after has, have, had or be: The cup has fallen. tree →
- As an adjective, it describes something that has dropped to the ground, like fallen leaves or a fallen tree. tree →
- It can describe soldiers who died in a war: the fallen. tree →
- Fallen in love means having come to love someone deeply. tree →
In the lessons
In stories it tells the reader something already dropped or happened before now. In science, «the temperature has fallen» means it went down; in maths and graphs «prices have fallen» means the number got smaller. In safety: a fallen power line or fallen tree is dangerous. Phrases: has fallen, had fallen, fallen asleep, fallen over, fallen in love.
Examples
- The apple has fallen from the tree. tree →
- We jumped in the pile of fallen leaves. tree →
- The baby had fallen asleep in the car. tree →
- A fallen tree blocked the road after the storm. tree →
- The temperature has fallen below zero. tree →
- Never touch a fallen power line. tree →
- My tooth has fallen out! tree →
- He has fallen over twice on the ice. tree →
- 'I have fallen in love with a beautiful deer!' tree →
Note
Do not mix fell and fallen: «It fell» (past simple) but «It has fallen» (needs has/have/had). «Fallen» is never used alone as the past: not «It fallen». Do not confuse with «felled», which means cut down (a tree). In maths, «fallen by 5» means decreased by 5.
In Jewish tradition
Said of a face for sadness, and of hair that has dropped out. In the Prophets it also means killed or brought down, as fallen heroes and the day-star fallen from heaven.
Interpretation. Fallen hair is part of the laws of skin disease, where a bald person is still ruled clean. David's lament "How are the mighty fallen" is read as grief for Saul and Jonathan. Isaiah's fallen day-star is read as a picture of a proud king brought low.
Examples
- And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? (Torah GEN.4.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. (Torah LEV.13.40, JPS 1917) tree →
- And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead-bald; yet is he clean. (Torah LEV.13.41, JPS 1917) tree →
- How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! (Prophets 2SA.1.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! (Prophets 2SA.1.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! (Prophets ISA.14.12, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Do not mix fell and fallen: «It fell» (past simple) but «It has fallen» (needs has/have/had). «Fallen» is never used alone as the past: not «It fallen». Do not confuse with «felled», which means cut down (a tree). In maths, «fallen by 5» means decreased by 5.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «fallen» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «fallen» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «fallen» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «fallen» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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